Tombs of the caliphs--Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![Tombs of the caliphs--Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/44/441e8f47b82a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Tombs of the caliphs--Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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The lithograph shows the Tombs of the Caliphs, a large burial ground on the desert edge northeast of Cairo, where domed mausoleums and small mosques stand among the sandstone and limestone. The tombs date mainly from the Mamluk sultanate, roughly the 13th to 16th centuries, and their carved stone screens and geometric decoration drew travelers' attention long before photography. David Roberts made his Egyptian sketches during his travels in the late 1830s, and Louis Haghe turned them into color lithographs for the three-volume *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London between 1846 and 1849.
| Created / published | [published between 1846 and 1849] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 17. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,453 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218013 |
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